Last week on Raw Rusev won a battle royal to become the new number 1 contender for Kalisto’s United States Championship. Most fans assumed that Rusev would challenge Kalisto at Extreme Rules and now WWE has made the match official. Tom Phillips broke the news earlier today during a live Facebook interview with Kalisto.
BREAKING: @RusevBUL will challenge @KalistoWWE for the #USTitle on May 22 at #ExtremeRules! https://t.co/u1WqWmjZ6K pic.twitter.com/cKGbPY1quZ
— WWE (@WWE) May 9, 2016
Other matches that have been announced for Extreme Rules so far include:
WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Extreme Rules Match
Roman Reigns vs AJ Styles
WWE Women’s Championship – Submission Match
Natalya vs Charlotte (Ric Flair is banned from ringside)
WWE Tag Team Championship
The New Day vs The Vaudevillains
It’s also expected that Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, The Miz and Cesaro will end up in a fatal 4 way match with the Intercontinental Championship on the line.
Earlier today John Cena appeared on The Today Show and hyped up his return to Raw on May 30th. Cena says the doctors told him his recovery was supposed to take 9 months, he then noted that he went to physical therapy 3 times a day so that he could get healthy in only 5 months. You can check out a clip from his appearance below.
Is @JohnCena insane for coming back after just FIVE months? He talked #MemorialDay #RAW on @nbc's @TODAYshow! https://t.co/7JzBaD5rct
— WWE (@WWE) May 9, 2016
